hey, thought i would share my oiling system with everyone. rather than spend a couple hundred bucks on fancy braided hoses and an fittings, i used pipe fittings and hydraulic lines. its cheap, flame resistant, and rated to 4500psi. I got a 3/8 pipe tap and ran it into the oil galley hole in the front of the block. it didnt even cut new threads, it just opened it up a bit cuz all i got were tiny little filings. next i threaded in a 3" nipple and put a 90* facing the front of the truck. now i ran 1/4" hyd hose to a remote mount filter boss(Jegs, $25) then from the filter boss to the turbo. another plus was it added a quart to the oil system

filter boss-$25
hyd hose-$15
fittings and tap-$10

 

Nice job, how is it working?

 

i just ran the truck for a few mins after i swapped in the 5.3 the motor had good oil pressure and the turbo didnt lock up so it must work

 

Where do you get that much hydraulic hose for $15. The fittings alone cost more than that.

 

Brass fittings aren't expensive and the male ends on the Hyd. hose are cheap as well.

 

i live in south dakota, so i im in the heart of ag/farm

 

To swage the ends like that around here is like $10 a pop. I had a set of custom ps lines made once and the fittings/labor was a fortune.

So are you offering a service to us city boys need hydraulic lines?

 

sure, send 2 cases of bud light, and i will ship u back one empty box with the hose and fittings

 

the places around make your lines up for free as long as you buy the parts from them.

 

3/8 brake tubing, couple compression fittings, waa laa!